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Convert Kilopascals to Pascals

1 kilopascal is 1,000 Pa. One kilopascal is exactly 1000 pascals.

One kilopascal is 1000 pascals. To convert kilopascals to pascals, multiply by 1000; to go the other way, divide by 1000 or multiply by 0.001. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. A thousand pascals, and the unit metric tyre placards and weather stations use.

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Pascals
1,000 Pa
Kilopascals × 1000
value * 10001,000 Pa

1 kilopascal in every pressure unit

UnitValueExact factor
pounds per square inch0.1450377377 psi× 0.14503773773
bars0.01 bar× 0.01
pascals1,000 Pa× 1,000
kilopascals (as entered)1 kPa
megapascals0.001 MPa× 0.001
atmospheres0.009869232667 atm× 0.00986923266716
torr7.500616827 Torr× 7.50061682704
inches of mercury0.2952998016 inHg× 0.295299801647

Factors are entered by hand from NIST Special Publication 811 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert kilopascals to pascals?

  1. 1.Take the measurement in kilopascals.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1000 — that is how many pascals fit in one kilopascal.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1000, or multiply by 0.001.

Worked example: 25 kilopascals to pascals

Formula
kPa × 1000 = Pa
Arithmetic
25 × 1000 = 25,000 Pa
Answer
25 kPa = 25,000 Pa

The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.

Kilopascals to pascals conversion table

KilopascalsPascals
1 kPa1,000 Pa
2 kPa2,000 Pa
3 kPa3,000 Pa
4 kPa4,000 Pa
5 kPa5,000 Pa
6 kPa6,000 Pa
7 kPa7,000 Pa
8 kPa8,000 Pa
9 kPa9,000 Pa
10 kPa10,000 Pa
12 kPa12,000 Pa
15 kPa15,000 Pa
20 kPa20,000 Pa
25 kPa25,000 Pa
50 kPa50,000 Pa
100 kPa100,000 Pa
200 kPa200,000 Pa
300 kPa300,000 Pa
500 kPa500,000 Pa
1000 kPa1,000,000 Pa
2000 kPa2,000,000 Pa
5000 kPa5,000,000 Pa
10000 kPa10,000,000 Pa

What is a kilopascal?

A thousand pascals, and the unit metric tyre placards and weather stations use. Atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 101 kPa.

What is a pascal?

The SI unit: one newton spread over one square metre. It is a small pressure — a sheet of paper resting on a table is about one pascal — which is why the kilopascal is what instruments actually read.

How many pascals are in a kilopascal?

One kilopascal is 1000 pascals, exactly. Going the other way, one pascal is 0.001 kilopascals. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.

Every pressure unit here

UnitSymbolOne of these is
Pounds per square inchpsi6894.7573 pascal
Barsbar100000 pascal
PascalsPathe base unit
KilopascalskPa1000 pascal
MegapascalsMPa1000000 pascal
Atmospheresatm101325 pascal
TorrTorr133.32237 pascal
Inches of mercuryinHg3386.389 pascal

Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — pound-force is exactly 4.4482216152605 N and the inch exactly 0.0254 m

Questions people actually ask

How many pascals are in a kilopascal?
1000. The SI unit: one newton spread over one square metre. It is a small pressure — a sheet of paper resting on a table is about one pascal — which is why the kilopascal is what instruments actually read.
How do I convert pascals back to kilopascals?
Divide by 1000, or multiply by 0.001 — they are the same operation.

Other pressure conversions

Pascals to kilopascals — the same conversion the other way.